Richard Roe (clockmaker)

He married on 12 August 1660 in Holy Trinity Church, Lambley to Mary. He became churchwarden at Holy Cross Church, Epperstone in 1668 but was a Quaker.

He produced several clocks, known as door frame clocks, for churches in Nottinghamshire.^[2]

He is also known to have produced some lantern clocks.^[3]

He was buried at Clipston, Nottinghamshire on 25 August 1718.

• St Mary's Church, Car Colston 1678^[4]
• St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Shelford 1680^[5] (Replaced in 1880. Whereabouts unknown.)
• St Margaret's Church, Owthorpe 1680^[5]
• Church of St. John of Beverley, Whatton 1683 (Probably removed in 1910. Whereabouts unknown.)
• St Mary's Church, East Leake 1683 (not confirmed as Richard Roe, but similar in style)
• Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall 1685
• Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Plumtree 1686^[5] (now at the British Horological Institute, Upton Hall) removed from Plumtree in 1889.^[6]
• Holy Cross Church, Epperstone 1688 (Removed in 1854. Whereabouts unknown.)
• Holy Trinity Church, Rolleston 1690
• St. Giles' Church, Cropwell Bishop 1694 (now in Nottingham Industrial Museum).
• St Swithin’s Church, Wellow about 1699^[5]
• St Nicholas' Church, Nottingham 1699^[5] (Removed in 1830. Whereabouts unknown.)
• St Michael's Church, Linby, 1700^[7]
• St Mary's Church, Nottingham 1707^[5] (removed in 1807, now in St Mary's Church, Staunton in the Vale).
• Priory Church of St Peter, Thurgarton date unknown. Removed in 1879.^[8]